- Born
- Birth nameJohn Michael Osbourne
- Nicknames
- The Great Ozz
- The Wizard of Ozz
- The Madman
- The Godfather of Heavy Metal
- The Prince of Darkness
- The Blizzard of oz
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- One of the pioneers of heavy metal and one of its most commercially successful and iconic artists, Ozzy Osbourne was born in Birmingham, England, as John Michael Osbourne. After leaving school and having many odd jobs, he ended up in a band with Geezer Butler. This group then split, leading Ozzy and Geezer to join Tony Iommi and Bill Ward in a new band that went under several names (including Earth) that ended up being called Black Sabbath after a song of the same name that appeared on their first album (released 1969/70). He recorded several more albums with Sabbath despite the decline of his relationship with Tony Iommi, which after several break ups led to him leaving/being fired from the band in 1979. After a short time he launched a solo career with a line up behind him that varied immensely from album to album and tour to tour. During the 80's he was treated several times for alcoholism and was sued twice for the suicides of some of his young fans (cleared completely). Following his No More Tears album he declared he would tour for the last time. In 1991, on his last date he reformed briefly on stage with Black Sabbath for three songs. However a much talked about reformation tour fell through and Ozzy seemed to go into retirement, his bassist (Mike Inez) joined Alice in Chains and the guitarist (Zakk Wylde) formed his own band, Pride and Glory. Now however he is recording a new album and has said he intends to tour again. The album should be out in the summer of 1995 and the tour should be shortly after. Geezer Butler has now quit Sabbath (again) and rejoined Ozzy (he played bass for him on tour during the mid to late 80's) and should play on the new album.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Oliver
- SpousesSharon Osbourne(July 4, 1982 - present) (3 children)Thelma Mayfair(July 1971 - June 1982) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesPearl Clementine Osbourne(Grandchild)Andy Rose Osbourne(Grandchild)Minnie Theodora Osbourne(Grandchild)Maple Artemis Osbourne(Grandchild)
- Cusses like a gangsta
- Occult themes, and visions of Hell and despair in his songs
- Tea-shade sunglasses
- Raw Yet Punchy Tenor Vocals
- Strong Birmingham (Brummie) accent
- His favorite band is The Beatles, who inspired him to become a musician when Beatlemania spread worldwide.
- Before the success of The Osbournes (2002), he was known by most people as "the singer who bites heads off bats". This rumor traces back to one isolated incident. On January 20, 1982, at a concert in Des Moines, a bat wound up on stage, which had either been stuck in the rafters or thrown up there by a crazed fan. Osbourne bit it for a goof, thinking it was a rubber toy. He had to take a week of rabies shots. Despite a $25,000 donation later that year to the SPCA, the bat story grew to be an urban legend of its own, to the point where even numerous unrelated heavy metal bands were commonly accused of ritualistically killing live animals on stage.
- Discovered only after he grew up that he is dyslexic, after being told for years that the reason he had trouble reading in school was because he was "dumb".
- Made several suicide attempts as a teenager.
- Every single one of his solo albums (of original material) has gone multi-platinum.
- The lifestyle I've been living for the last 30 years, I could have been dead a thousand times.
- They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' -- this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars.
- I'll only retire in the day I should be dead and they have me buried, and some idiot spell over my casket some stupid gospel stuff.
- [on kicking drugs and alcohol for the first time] All I have to say is this. Sobriety F***ing Sucks!
- The only black magic Sabbath ever got into was a box of chocolates.
- The Osbournes (2002) - $200,000 (first season - entire family)
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